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I have a squeaky parrot toy and a bell that says "I love my bike". Also got bungee cords and velcro wrapped around a tube of the frame, and clock and speedometer taped to the handlebars. What makes your bike different than everybody else's?

On my Specialized Sirrus I run a 700x23 Panaracer Stradius Sport on the rear and a ,{gasp!**, Cheng Shin/Nashbar Prima 2 Plus (kevlar) 700x23 on the front. Recently replaced the Tiagra triple with a Deore LX. Almost everything on the bike is black, the crank being sort of a dark pewter color. I didn't plan it this way but kinda like the color scheme, a "stealth" look.
On my RockHopper I have a SKS Shockboard front fender. I haven't seen another bike in my area with one.

My bike is an education in progress for me. A friend is teaching me how to rebuilt it. We are taking it a step at a time one component at a time. Campy triple ring with matching front derailer. Building wheels, replacing spokes, different threads on the bb.
Have a great ride!!
filark

My commuter bike only raises eyebrows amongst people who really know bikes. Everyone else thinks it is the piece of junk it is carefully designed to resemble.
It has a few custom braze-ons and a home-made lighting sytem.

The places it's been with me. Trails all over Missouri, The Sangre de Cristo Mts. in New Mexico, The Rockies in Colorado, Florida and Alabama. With so many memories, it will be impossible for me to ever sell her.

I have a squeaky Dino! I usually park my bike outside while I go shopping. When I return, on more than one occasion I have witnessed slightly embarrassed parents dragging their kid away from my bike saying something like "look here, twice is enough, it's really not your toy" and the kid going, "ONCE MORE!!" with his / her hand firmly reaching for the Dino.

It's completely useless as a safety device, but it tends to make people smile. A great conversation starter!

Apart from home made customised light brackets, both of my bikes are unique, in that my Flying Scot is number 345L made in 1963, and my other bike frame was custom built for me and I just rebuilt it with a mix of Campag, Stronglight, tange, Huret, mavic , GB and Sh.....(no I cannot say it!!) components.